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* [[Actual Pacifist]]: He said so on his blog, and it could be implied in the song "Dental Care":

* [[Adorkable]]: Adam is this without a doubt.

* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]:

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Just listen to those lyrics.

** ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'' has given us a song ''based on this''. "The Real World" pretty much runs with this concept in quite a nice way:

* [[Colony Drop]]: Possibly referenced in ''Kamikaze''.

** For reference, think about the meaning of 'kamikaze' in WWII context.

* [[Colorful Song]]: "Technicolor Phase".

* [[Cue the Sun]]: While not actually the sun, the [[Buffy-Speak|Aurora-cloud... thing]] in the "Vanilla Twilight" video glows more colorfully and brightly when Adam starts the last verse, and the onlookers react quite happily. It is, of course, fitting the lyrics:

* [[Depraved Dentist]]: Referenced in one verse of "Dental Care".

This'll just pinch a bit", as he tries not to grin. }}

* [[Double Entendre]]:

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]:

** "Dental Care" is loaded with these:

"''When hygienists leave on long vacations / That's when dentists scream / And lose their '''patience'''.''" }}

** If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining / Cause I've heard it said that every MUSHROOM cloud has a silver lining... [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] and [[Lyrical Dissonance]] at the same time.

** Adam's particularly fond of [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]] on his [[Twitter]]. Just check a backlog, and you'll see. Here's one "gem":

'''You:''' Dolphinitely. }}

** In "Cave In", one line is "Riding a dirtbike down a turnpike/always takes its toll on me."

** 'Honey and the Bee has a [[Back to The Future|classic]] one:

** "Plant Life" has this:

** And this:

** "Take to the Sky" was played in ''The Guardians of Ga'Hoole.'' While exploring the ''owl city.''

* [[The Lost Woods]]: Described in great [[Scenery Porn|detail]] in "Plant Life" as a dream nonetheless:

* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: He has this odd habit of inserting the creepiest lyrics into otherwise innocent, peppy synth-pop. "[[Eye Scream|Scratched on the back of both my eyelids]]", "[[Body Horror|Just in case my head caves in", and "Paint runs from your mouth like a waterfall, and your lungs crystallize]]" are a few examples.

** Special mention for "The Bird and The Worm": "If my segments get separated, '''I'll scream''' / and ''you'll be there!'' "

** More lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/o/owl_city/#share

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: Between "Alligator Sky" and "Plant Life" of all things:

Cause I don't feel dead anymore, and I'm not afraid anymore. }}

* [[Name's the Same]]: As a certain [[Good Omens|Antichrist]].

** ... not that any of this stops some people from professing that every single one of his songs is somehow about his faith. After all, [[Sarcasm Mode|if he's Christian, everything in his life must be directly related to that, right?]]

* [[Scenery Porn]]: "The Real World" has some very neat examples:

"With a starry brush, paint the dusk venetian blue, because in the evening hush, you'll never believe the view' }}

* [[Shout-Out]]:

** It should be noted, however, that he almost never used the word "love" in the lyrics of any of these songs, [[Fridge Brilliance|which accounts for some of his more heartfelt lyrics that actually express love in *gasp* a creative way!]]

** ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'' brings a more traditional, but no less awesome and sweet example, "Honey and the Bee". Made more sweet dream-y by the beautiful chorus, including the following fuzzies-inducing lyric:

* [[Sweet Dreams Fuel]]: Practically his entire discography.

* [[Snow Means Love]]: "Tip of the Iceberg".

* [[The Stars Are Going Out]]: Referenced in a lyric from "Honey and the Bee":

* [[Updated Rerelease]]: Several songs in ''Ocean Eyes'' can be found on earlier albums with slight changes.

* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]: [[Captain Obvious|Pretty much any given point of any of his songs]]. In fact, it wouldn't be surprising to see someone compile a list of increasingly silly unconnected words to be used in just one of his songs.